Re: Windows XP Freezes on startup

Windows XP Problems: HELP! wrote:
The hard drive or other hardware could be failing too. The recovery disk didn't even load?

I've tried all of the options (safe mode with command prompt, last known good configuration, etc)

Nothing seems to run very long. I put in a windows xp cd that only got as far as loading files but then froze before it gave any options. The recovery disk wouldn't load.

I even took the hard drive out, put it in another computer to find that it worked fine. After hooking the good hard drive back in, I unplugged unneeded devices and unhooked the CD/DVD Rom drives, RAM, and cards one at a time but none of that worked.

Maybe the power supply is failing.. maybe it's the fan to the mobo, ps, or graphics card. Any of these could cause it to freeze soon aftert restarting.

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Joe =o)
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